It would be highly irresponsible to show an interview by someone who is ill informed on the subject at hand. Especially when it is someone in a position of power advocating an illegal and unnecessary method.

Why is this important?

The BBC have issued a press release about a forthcoming episode of Countryfile in which Princess Anne advocates the gassing of badgers.

Badger culls have been shown to have no impact on levels of bTB so this interview advocating methods for culling not only implies badgers are the cause but that this is the way forward. A terrible way to spend our license fee by advocating the decimation of our wildlife.

The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has reopened its 2014 scheme to fund badger vaccination in selected English counties, in areas close to high-risk bovine TB (bTB) hotspots: here.